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PRESS RELEASE
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Contact: Lindsay Hansen
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(480) 205-6195
lindsay@ldhconsulting.net
Catholic Healthcare West Grants $50,000 to Esperanca for Healthcare Initiative with Latino Community At-Risk for Obesity-Related Diseases
PHOENIX, Ariz. (Dec. 19, 2011)…Catholic Healthcare West has awarded grant funding in the amount of $50,000 to

PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Distribution
Contact: Lindsay Hansen
PR Consultant
(480) 205-6195
lindsay@ldhconsulting.net
Izumi Foundation Donates $138,200 to Fund Esperança Chagas Disease Project in Bolivia for Two Years
PHOENIX, Ariz. (Dec. 19, 2011)…The Izumi Foundation, based in Boston, Mass., has awarded grant funding in the amount of

December 7, 2011
Letters to the Editor
The Arizona Republic
P.O. Box 1950
Phoenix, AZ 85001.
Dear Editorial Staff:
While we always appreciate stories about Arizona nonprofits and the ever growing need for donations, we were disappointed to see that Russ Wiles’ story which ran Sunday, Dec. 4 and

Fox 10 News
Local Organization: Shocked by Aid Worker Killings
Updated: Monday, 09 Aug 2010, 9:14 PM MST
Published : Monday, 09 Aug 2010, 8:47 PM MST
PHOENIX – A local aid organization is reacting to the murders of a group of volunteer medics in Afghanistan.
Esperança is a local

On Saturday, Dec. 10, the Esperanca Women’s Guild made the holidays a little bit brighter for many low-income families in Phoenix.  They delivered gifts to 68 families and 228 children at the Golden Gate Community Center.
Most of the families are participants in the Golden Gate Community Center KARE Kinship

Millions of families in the developing world live in dire conditions. Homes are constructed of nothing more than cardboard, mud, sticks and various discarded materials. They lack basic services like running water, electricity and sewer. These crude structures are vulnerable to severe weather, and it is not uncommon for livestock

In conjunction with the Kartchner surgical mission to Nicaragua, dentist Dr. Lewis Leavitt, traveled from Tucson, Arizona to provide dental services for poor families in Nicaragua. This was his second mission with Esperança, and he came well-stocked with supplies and materials to attend to as many patients as he could.

General Surgeon Dr. Mark Kartchner and anesthesiologists, Dr. Max Kartchner and Dr. Dean Kartchner, returned at the end of October from a 10-day volunteer surgical mission to Nicaragua. They operated out of a small clinic in the rural community of San Rafael del Norte, about 30 minutes north of Jinotega.

This June, long-time donors Bob and Judy traveled with Esperança to see our projects in Nicaragua with their own eyes. They were so impressed that they were inspired to create a challenge campaign. If Esperança raised $10,000, Bob and Judy would match it to make $20,000. This would provide the